Case Study: Using a Systems Design Model to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Rural and Slum Communities in India
1. Case Study: Using a Systems
Design Model to Bring Clean
Drinking Water to Rural and
Slum Communities in India
Sarah Tranum, OCAD University/TrickleUp Design Inc. Toronto, Canada
Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium (RSD5)
October 15, 2016
2. 600,000 children
die EVERY YEAR from
diarrhea or pneumonia
fromunclean water
Reference: UNICEF Handbook on Water Quality, 2008
3. Image Credit: (clockwise) Eureka Forbes AquaSure Water Purifiers; Mebelkart.com; Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. Zero B
Examples
of water
cleaning
solutions
available